The manuscript opens with an account of Palin sending Bailey a message: 'I hate this damn job,' shortly before she resigned as Alaska's governor in July 2009, less than three years into her four-year term.

'We are thrilled,' said Amy Kremer, Chairman of the Tea Party Express. 'We have to wait until all the votes are counted, but so far Joe Miller has been ahead in every count of the votes since the polls closed,' Kremer said.

ConocoPhillips president Jim Bowles perished in an avalanche Saturday, according to Alaska State Troopers. Another from his snowmobiling party is still missing, and weather conditions have made the search difficult.

Patently false claims by the oil and gas industry continue to find traction in news stories. A myth that industry wants the media and public to believe is drilling the ANWR Coastal Plain will require only 2,000 acres.